Photo From the Attic: Harding’s Hopes

By Roll Call Staff

Posted January 27, 2010 at 5:01pm

[IMGCAP(1)]When President Warren Harding addressed a joint session of Congress in April 1921, he covered much ground, calling for — among other things — peace with Germany and Austria, new immigration laws and a department of public welfare.

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